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Dungeon Defenders

Chromatic Games · 2011-10-18

SteamXbox

ActionIndieRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen · Perspectives: Third person, Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Oct 18, 2011 (Mac), Oct 19, 2011 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 21, 2011 (PlayStation 3), Oct 18, 2011 (Linux), Oct 19, 2011 (Xbox 360), Dec 23, 2010 (Android)

Create a hero from one of four classes to save Etheria in this 4-player coop Tower Defense Action-RPG. Includes Steam exclusive Portal gun & TF2 familiars!

Dungeon Defenders is an Action, Indie, RPG, and Strategy game released in 2011, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 2,000,000 to 5,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (93% of 18,967 reviews).

159
playing now
93%
positive of 19k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
78/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (71 ratings)
32
Nexus mods (57k downloads)
200h
time to beat (IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$14.99
steam price (US)

159 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 10:00 UTC (census sample)

Dungeon Defenders is a hybrid multiplayer video game developed by Trendy Entertainment that combines the genres of tower defense and action role-playing game. It is based on a showcase of Unreal Engine 3 named Dungeon Defense. The game takes place in a fantasy setting where players control the young apprentices of wizards and warriors and defend against hordes of monsters. A sequel titled Dungeon Defenders II was released in 2015.

Trailer

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Health check

Healthy
  • · 159 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 420 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~53/week).
  • · Review velocity down 7% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 3% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 762k–1.5M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 19,042 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$2.99-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.49 at Steam (2014-12-25) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 11 of 18 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
16716720182026Week of 2018-01-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

4721092026-09-15 11:00 — 145 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 247 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 201 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 162 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 320 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 225 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 132 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 224 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 245 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 185 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 212 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 219 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 139 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 245 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 435 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 198 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 230 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 345 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 234 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 242 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 472 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 319 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 159 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
6.2k147Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 6,196 · peak 12,467Dec 2012 — avg 3,050 · peak 9,768May 2013 — avg 1,142 · peak 2,203Oct 2013 — avg 742 · peak 1,805Mar 2014 — avg 763 · peak 1,462Aug 2014 — avg 620 · peak 1,187Jan 2015 — avg 931 · peak 2,933Jun 2015 — avg 785 · peak 2,255Nov 2015 — avg 367 · peak 979Apr 2016 — avg 222 · peak 447Sep 2016 — avg 249 · peak 498Feb 2017 — avg 247 · peak 511Jul 2017 — avg 221 · peak 364Dec 2017 — avg 200 · peak 469May 2018 — avg 165 · peak 346Oct 2018 — avg 150 · peak 309Mar 2019 — avg 398 · peak 947Aug 2019 — avg 206 · peak 381Jan 2020 — avg 383 · peak 746Jun 2020 — avg 245 · peak 512Nov 2020 — avg 222 · peak 488Apr 2021 — avg 242 · peak 614Sep 2021 — avg 192 · peak 370Feb 2022 — avg 210 · peak 441Jul 2022 — avg 226 · peak 424Dec 2022 — avg 201 · peak 395May 2023 — avg 162 · peak 292Oct 2023 — avg 265 · peak 637Mar 2024 — avg 237 · peak 499Aug 2024 — avg 482 · peak 1,293Jan 2025 — avg 398 · peak 983Jun 2025 — avg 238 · peak 453Nov 2025 — avg 273 · peak 455Apr 2026 — avg 372 · peak 699Aug 2026 — avg 248 · peak 428
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
662026-09-222026-10-132026-09-22: 6 new positive2026-09-24: 1 new positive2026-09-24: 3 new negative2026-09-26: 1 new positive2026-09-28: 2 new positive2026-09-29: 2 new positive2026-10-01: 3 new positive2026-10-01: 3 new negative2026-10-03: 2 new positive2026-10-03: 1 new negative2026-10-05: 5 new positive2026-10-05: 1 new negative2026-10-07: 3 new positive2026-10-08: 4 new positive2026-10-08: 1 new negative2026-10-10: 1 new negative2026-10-11: 2 new positive2026-10-12: 2 new positive2026-10-13: 1 new positive2026-10-13: 1 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$14.99$1.492015-01-012026-10-072015-01-01 — best price $7.492015-06-11 — best price $7.492015-11-10 — best price $2.992015-12-22 — best price $2.992016-06-23 — best price $2.992016-11-23 — best price $2.992017-11-22 — best price $7.492018-06-21 — best price $3.742018-12-20 — best price $3.742019-03-08 — best price $3.742019-10-28 — best price $3.742020-01-08 — best price $3.742020-04-30 — best price $3.742020-08-20 — best price $3.742020-11-25 — best price $3.742021-02-11 — best price $3.742021-06-24 — best price $2.992021-11-24 — best price $2.992022-01-27 — best price $2.992022-08-15 — best price $2.992022-11-22 — best price $7.492022-12-15 — best price $11.992023-01-20 — best price $6.002023-03-14 — best price $14.992023-04-15 — best price $14.992023-06-10 — best price $14.992023-08-06 — best price $14.992023-10-20 — best price $14.992023-12-02 — best price $14.992024-02-12 — best price $2.992024-06-27 — best price $2.992024-11-27 — best price $2.992025-02-10 — best price $7.492025-03-29 — best price $7.492025-09-29 — best price $2.992025-12-18 — best price $2.992026-03-09 — best price $2.992026-05-01 — best price $2.992026-10-02 — best price $2.992026-10-07 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

73282026-05-13 — 37 pageviews2026-05-17 — 58 pageviews2026-05-21 — 39 pageviews2026-05-25 — 46 pageviews2026-05-29 — 39 pageviews2026-06-02 — 35 pageviews2026-06-06 — 43 pageviews2026-06-10 — 33 pageviews2026-06-14 — 47 pageviews2026-06-18 — 51 pageviews2026-06-22 — 33 pageviews2026-06-26 — 60 pageviews2026-06-30 — 48 pageviews2026-07-04 — 56 pageviews2026-07-08 — 61 pageviews2026-07-12 — 53 pageviews2026-07-16 — 73 pageviews2026-07-20 — 45 pageviews2026-07-24 — 39 pageviews2026-07-28 — 30 pageviews2026-08-01 — 38 pageviews2026-08-05 — 35 pageviews2026-08-09 — 49 pageviews2026-08-13 — 37 pageviews2026-08-17 — 58 pageviews2026-08-21 — 56 pageviews2026-08-25 — 46 pageviews2026-08-29 — 49 pageviews2026-09-02 — 46 pageviews2026-09-06 — 39 pageviews2026-09-10 — 56 pageviews2026-09-14 — 63 pageviews2026-09-18 — 51 pageviews2026-09-22 — 44 pageviews2026-09-26 — 52 pageviews2026-09-30 — 43 pageviews2026-10-04 — 57 pageviews2026-10-08 — 40 pageviews2026-10-12 — 32 pageviews2026-10-13 — 54 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

3702026-10-01 23:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-02 05:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-02 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 00:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-04 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 12:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-06 01:35 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 07:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-06 13:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-07 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 19:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-08 01:34 — 18 viewers2026-10-08 07:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-09 06:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-09 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 18:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-10 00:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-10 06:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-11 05:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-11 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 17:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-11 23:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-12 05:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-12 11:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-13 08:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-13 14:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-13 20:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-14 02:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-14 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 10:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
54%
earned "Good Student"
7.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopSteam Cloud40 DLC

5 supported languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish - Spain

Post-launch support: 40 DLC released, first 2011-11-11, latest 2026-08-13 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)41,9421%118
PS3 (PlayStation)11,29811%57
Xbox 360 (Xbox)11,1155%12

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

PvEFunnyFantasyBuildingStrategySurvivalTacticalAction RPGMultiplayerOnline Co-Op

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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